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The Kennel Club, the world's oldest kennel club, was founded in the United Kingdom after Sewallis Shirley became frustrated by trying to organise dog shows without a consistent set of rules.
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The Kennel Club
Official kennel club of the United Kingdom
The Royal Kennel Club (KC) is the official kennel club of the United Kingdom. It is the oldest recognised kennel club in the world. Its role is to oversee various canine activities including dog shows, dog agility and working trials. It also operates the national register of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Kennel club
Organization working with dog breeding
A kennel club is an organization for canine affairs that concerns itself with the breeding, showing and promotion of more than one breed of dog. Kennel clubs became popular in the mid 19th century. All-encompassing kennel clubs are also referred to as 'all-breed clubs', although…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Sewallis Shirley (MP)
British politician
Sewallis Evelyn Shirley DL, JP, was a British politician. He is best known as the founder of the Kennel Club in Britain in 1873.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Dog show
Competitive exhibition of dogs
A dog show is an animal show; it is an event where dogs are exhibited. A conformation show, also referred to as a breed show, is a kind of dog show in which a judge, familiar with a specific dog breed, evaluates individual purebred dogs for how well the dogs conform to the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)